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Workers try to remove white paint from the Olympic Countdown Clock outside of Vancouver's Art Gallery August 28, 2008.
The countdown clock at the Vancouver Art Gallery is seen in this file photo, February 2007. 
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell left shakes hands with Stephen Urquhart president of Omega as dignitaries look on during unveiling of the Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clock in Vancouver. Feb. 12, 2007. (CP / Chuck Stoody) |
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View larger imageOlympic vandals paint themselves into hot water
Updated: Thu Aug. 28 2008 13:31:28
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A group of vandals have hit Vancouver B.C.'s Olympic Countdown Clock.
Police spokesperson Jana McGuinness says just after midnight Thursday they received a call that three people had doused the clock with white paint.
McGuiness says the suspects were tracked down on nearby Robson Street a short time later.
They were easy to find - their clothes and hands were covered with paint.
Two 19-year-old men a 20-year-old woman were arrested and are facing mischief charges.
There is no estimate for the cost of the damage.
This isn't the first time the clock has been the target of protesters.
In February 2007, protesters armed with balls of rocks and paint balloons crashed the clock unveiling outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
One masked protester even stormed the stage, shoving a startled VANOC executive away from the microphone.
No group has claimed responsibility for the vandalism, and police say it's too early in the investigation to know if this latest incident is linked with any others.
